Git 2.11.0 gives a wrong error message after the following commands: $ git init $ echo hello >file $ git add file $ git commit -m "message" $ git worktree add ../worktree $ rm -rf ../worktree $ git br -D worktree error: Cannot delete branch 'worktree' checked out at '../worktree' Since ../worktree has been deleted, there cannot be anything checked out at that location. In my opinion, deleting the branch should just work. Especially since I used the -D option and the "git worktree" documentation says "When you are done with a linked working tree you can simply delete it." Regards, Roland